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Show KOIiWAKD PASS IS IMIKPERRBl) TO KICK Tribune Sperial Sporting .Service . NEW VURK, Nov. Keen observers ob-servers of thing; footballislie aro wont to wonder at times over (ho coinpora-tivo coinpora-tivo exclusion of tho onsido kick i tho average team's roporlory of plays to a favoring of tho forward pass. Thero is no disputing tho fact that the latter play is far more popular. The development of Iho long leavo may well bo said lo havo been rapid, but tho same does not hold good for (he onsido kick. Whon the big gain that a successful quick boot will yield is considered, the apparent reluct ance of coaches in general to employ this weapon of attack is surprising al first thought. However, there is attothor side lo the story. To employ the onsido kick with any degree of success, a team must be blessed with tiu auuually accurate ilac hooter. A man who can diop tho leather any placo within a ten-yard area will hot do: bo niusf he able to punt a ball so that it will land within reasonablo distanco of a certain point. Haphazard kicking will not do. If a coach finds himself emtipped with a toe artjst of snob ability, he very wisely starts to makn tho onsido kick a nroininont feature of his offense. If, on the other band, uo skilled place hooter is obtainable, slresH is laid on the development of the forward pass. And in uino cases out of ten this latter plan of campaign has to bo followed. fol-lowed. It is for this reason and no other that the onsidn kick has fallen bv tho wayside, so to speak, whilo the other phase of "new football" thp forward pass has prospered. |